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ORDINANCES 


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CITY  OF  OGDENSBURG 


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APRIL  12th,  1904. 


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ORDINANCES 


CITY  OF  OGDENSBURG 

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ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  OG- 
DENSBURG. 

The  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Ogdensburg  do  ordain  as  follows: 

CHAPTER  I. 

Of  Streets,  Squares  and  Sidewalks. 

Sec.  1.  No  person  shall  place  or  de¬ 
posit,  except  as  hereinafter  provided, 
on  any  sidewalk  or  in  any  street,  any 
sign,  cask,  box,  crate,  stone,  vehicle, 
lumber  or  other  substances  or  materi¬ 
als  under  a  penalty  of  ($5.00)  five  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  and  every  offense;  and 
the  person  depositing  the  same,  and 
the  owner  or  occupant  of  the  premises 
in  front  of  which  any  such  article,  sub¬ 
stance  or  material  shall  be,  shall  for¬ 
feit  a  penalty  of  ($5.00)  five  dollars  for 
every  twenty-four  hours  the  same  shall 
remain  after  he  is  notified  in  writing 
by  the  Mayor  or  a  policeman  to  re¬ 
move  the  same. 

Sec.  2.  The  Mayor  or  Board 
of  Public  Works  may  grant 
permission  in  writing  to  any 
person  to  place  and  keep  any 
building  materials  in  any  of  the  public 
streets  for  the  purpose  of  building  or 
repairs,  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
three  months;  but  such  permission 
shall  not  authorize  the  obstruction  of 
more  than  one-third  the  sidewalk  and 
one-third  of  the  carriage  way  of  the 
street  opposite  the  lot  on  which  an 
erection  is  to  be  made  by  the  person 
to  whom  such  permission  is  granted 
and  such  permission  may,  at  any  time 
be  revoked  by  the  Mayor  or  the  Board 
of  Public  Works  on  one  day’s  notice. 

Sec.  3.  The  preceeding  first  section 
shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
temporary  deposit  of  firewood  or 
kindling  in  the  street  in  front  of  any 
house,  store  or  shop,  for  the  use  of 
which  such  wood  or  kindling  is  so  de¬ 
posited,  provided,  that  the  same  is 
not  suffered  to  remain  in  said  street 
more  than  twenty-four  hours. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any 
person  to  place  or  set  out  for  sale  any 
goods  on  the  sidewalk,  in  front  of  and 
within  three  feet  of  the  store  or  build¬ 
ing  or  to  occupy  the  sidewalk  in  front 
of  the  same  so  far  only,  as  may  be  ne¬ 
cessary  in  receiving  and  delivering  ar¬ 
ticles  to  or  from  such  premises. 

Sec.  5.  No  person,  shall  at  any  time 
fasten  any  horse  to  any  shade  tree,  nor 
fasten  or  stop  the  same  in  such  way 


Incumbering 
streets  and  walks, 
prohibited. 


Permission  to 
deposit  building 
material  in  streets. 


Depositing  firewood 
in  street. 


Goods  may  be 
placed  on 
sidewalk. 


Horses  not  to  be 
fastened  to  shade 
trees. 


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Dog  carts,  swill 
carts,  &c.,  not  to 
be  driven  on 
sidewalks. 


Immoderate 

driving, 

prohibited. 


Signs,  etc.,  not  to 
project  more  than 
three  feet  from 
buildings. 


Injuries  to  walks, 
bridges, 

pavements,  &c. 


Throwing  snow 
balls  and 
shooting  air  guns 
prohibited. 

Playing  ball  in 

streets 

prohibited. 


Encroachments  on 

streets 

prohibited. 


that  such  horse,  or  the  reins,  lines,  or 
vehicle  attached,  shall  be  an  obstruc¬ 
tion  to  the  free  use  of  any  side¬ 
walk  or  crosswalk  under  the  penalty  of 
five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  6.  No  person  shall  drive,  lead 
or  propel,  any  horse,  cart,  wagon, 
sleigh,  dog-team,  wheelbarrow,  hand 
delivery  cart  or  swill  cart  on  any  side¬ 
walk,  except  in  crossing  the  same  to 
go  into  a  yard  or  lot,  under  the  penal¬ 
ty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  ride  or  drive 
any  horse,  horses  or  automobiles  in 
any  street  in  this  city  faster  than  at 
the  rate  of  eight  miles  an  hour;  nor 
shall  any  person  drive  any  sleigh,  cut¬ 
ter  or  other  vehicle  upon  runners 
through  any  street  of  this  city  unless 
there  shall  be  one  or  more  bells  at¬ 
tached  to  the  horse  or  horses,  or  to 
some  part  of  the  harness  thereof,  or 
to  the  sleigh,  cutter  or  vehicle,  under 
the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  of¬ 
fense. 

Sec.  8.  No  person  shall  put  up,  or 
erect,  or  suffer  to  remain,  any  sign, 
show  case  or  other  thing  projecting 
into  or  hanging  over  the  street  or  side¬ 
walk  more  than  three  feet  from  the 
premises  of  such  person,  under  the 
penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense, 
and  the  further  penalty  of  five  dollars 
for  every  twenty-four  hours  such  ob¬ 
struction  shall  be  suffered  to  remain 
after  written  notice  given  by  the 
Mayor  or  Chief  of  Police  to  remove  the 
same. 

Sec.  9.  Any  person  who  shall  tear 
up,  or  injure  any  pavement,  planking, 
sidewalk,  bridge  or  crosswalk,  drain  or 
sewer,  in  any  street  or  public  ground, 
or  shall  dig  any  hole  or  ditch  therein, 
without  the  permission  of  the  Mayor 
or  the  Board  of  Public  Works,  shall 
forfeit  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  10.  No  person  shall  throw  snow¬ 
balls  or  ice  balls  or  shoot  air  guns  or 
sling  shots  in  any  street  in  the  city  of 
Ogdensburg,  under  a  penalty  of  five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  11.  No  person  shall  play  ball,  or 
knock  or  drive  any  ball  in  any  street 
in  this  city  under  a  penalty  of  five  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  12.  No  person  shall  erect,  or 
place  or  cause  or  procure  to  be  erected 
or  placed,  any  building  or  structure 


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extending  or  projecting  over  any 
street,  under  the  penalty  of  twenty-five 
dollars  for  each  offense,  and  the  fur¬ 
ther  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each 
week  the  same  shall  be  allowed  to 
continue  after  notice  from  the  Council 
to  remove  the  same;  provided  such 
penalty  shall  not  be  incurred  by  rea¬ 
son  of  any  cornice,  window  cap  or 
ornamental  moulding  on  any  build¬ 
ing,  projecting  into  the  street  three 
feet  or  less. 

/  Sec.  13.  No  person  shall,  without 
permission  from  the  Mayor  or  Board 
of  Public  Works,  dig,  remove  or  carry 
away,  or  cause  to  be  dug,  removed  or 
carried  away  any  stone,  earth,  sand  or 
gravel  from  any  street  or  public  ground 
in  this  city  under  the  penalty  of  ten 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  14.  No  person  shall  construct, 
improve  or  renew  any  sidewalk,  unless 
the  grade  and  width  thereof  be  fixed 
and  the  material  and  the  manner  of 
construction  be  prescribed  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Works  under  a  penal¬ 
ty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  a 
further  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each 
week  such  sidewalk  shall  remain  af¬ 
ter  notice  from  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  that  such  sidewalk  must  be  al¬ 
tered  to  conform  to  the  specifications 
provided  by  said  Board  of  Public 
Works. 

Sec.  15.  The  occupant  of  every 
building  or  lot  and  the  owner  of  every 
unoccupied  building  or  lot  adjoining 
which  there  is  any  sidewalk  shall 
keep  the  same  clean  and  free  from 
dirt  and  rubbish,  snow  and  ice.  Any 
person  violating  this  ordinance  shall 
forfeit  the  sum  of  three  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  1G.  Catherine  street,  on  the 
north  side  of  Ford  street  between 
Washington  street  and  to  within  fifty 
teet  of  Ford;  Isabella  street  south  of 
Ford,  between  the  intersection  of 
South  Water  street  to  within  fifty 
teet  of  Ford,  and  River  street  east 
of  Lake  street  shall  be  designat¬ 
ed,  streets  for  cartmen  and  truck¬ 
men,  who  while  occupying  the  same 
must  place  their  vehicles  in  such  posi¬ 
tion  that  both  hind  wheels  will  stand 
against  the  curb;  and  every  cartman 
and  truckman  who  shall,  when  not  in 
actual  employ  of  any  person  leave  his 
cart  or  truck  in  any  street  except  at 
the  place  and  the  manner  above  desig¬ 
nated,  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  two  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense. 


Digging  stone,  etc., 
in  streets 
prohibited. 


Altering  grade  or 
width  of 
sidewalks 
prohibited. 


Sidewalks  to  be 
kept  clean  and 
free  from  snow 
and  ice. 


Cartmen  stands. 


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Horses  not  to  be 
left  unfastened. 


Injuring  shade 
trees. 


Opening  sewer  or 
water  main 
without 
permission 
prohibited. 


No  rubbish  or 
litter  to  be  thrown 
on  street. 


Bills,  posters, 
pamphlets,  &c., 
not  to  be  thrown 
on  streets. 


Distributing 
Advertising  matter 
on  streets 
prohibited. 


Advertising  on 
telegraph  &c.  poles 
prohibited. 


Sec.  17.  No  person  shall  leave  in 
any  street  in  said  city,  any  horse  unat¬ 
tended  by  driver  or  other  person  un¬ 
less  the  same  be  properly  fastened, 
under  the  penalty  of  two  dollars  for 
eacn  offense. 

Sec.  18.  No  person  shall  maliciously 
or  wantonly  cut  or  injure  any  orna¬ 
mental  or  shade  tree  in  any  street  or 
public  ground,  under  the  penalty  of 
ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  19.  No  person  shall  tap,  open 
or  connect  with  any  pipe,  sewer,  drain, 
conduit  or  gas  main,  constructed  or 
maintained  under  the  authority  of  the 
City  of  Ogdensburg,  without  the  per¬ 
mission  of  the  Mayor  or  the  Board  of 
Public  Works,  and  only  in  such  man¬ 
ner  and  on  such  condition  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  said  Board  of  Public 
Works;  and  no  person  shall  tap, 
open  or  connect  with  any  pipe,  water 
main  or  fire  hydrant  without  the  per¬ 
mission  of  the  Mayor  or  the  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners.  No  person 
shall  dig  any  hole  or  open  any  trench 
in  any  street  or  square,  without  the 
permission  granted  as  hereinbefore 
provided.  Any  person  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  liable  for  a  penalty  of  twenty-five 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  20.  Any  person  who  shall 
sweep,  throw  or  deposit,  or  cause  to 
be  swept,  thrown  or  deposited,  any 
ashes,  dirt,  stone,  brick,  straw,  papers, 
or  other  litter,  rubbish,  slops  or  gar¬ 
bage  of  any  kind  in  any  street,  lane, 
gutter,  sidewalk  or  public  place,  or  in 
any  place  where  the  same  may  be 
blown  upon  the  streets  of  the  city, 
shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  three  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

Sec.  21.  Any  person  who  shall  cast, 
throw  or  scatter  or  cause  to  be  cast, 
thrown  or  scattered  in  or  upon  any  of 
the  streets,  alleys,  sidewalks  or  public 
places  in  the  city,  any  bills,  posters, 
dodgers,  pamphlets  or  paper  of  any 
kind  or  description  shall  forfeit  the 
sum  of  three  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  22.  No  person  shall  distribute 
advertisements  of  any  nature,  except 
newspapers,  to  pedestrians  in  any 
public  street  within  the  City  of  Og¬ 
densburg,  under  a  penalty  of  three 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  23.  No  person  shall  place  any 
advertisement  upon  the  sidewalks, 
hydrants,  telephone  or  telegraph  poles, 


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telephone  wires,  electric  light  poles  or 
public  building  in  any  public  street  or 
place  within  the  City  of  Ogdensburg, 
under  a  penalty  of  three  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  24.  No  person  or  persons  shall, 
at  any  time,  move  any  building  or  any 
part  of  a  building,  through  or  upon 
any  of  the  public  streets,  lanes  or  al¬ 
leys  in  the  city,  unless  by  permission 
in  writing  of  the  Common  Council. 
Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
liable  to  pay  to  the  city  a  penalty  of 
twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  25.  Any  person  who  shall  with 
intent  to  alter  the  top  grade  or  earth 
of  any  street,  alley,  lane,  square,  side¬ 
walk  or  crosswalk,  shall  remove,  alter, 
pull  up  or  move  any  post,  stake  or 
mark  or  cause  the  same  to  be  done 
which  has  been  fixed  or  placed  by  the 
surveyor  or  engineer  employed  by  the 
city,  shall  for  each  offense  be  liable  to 
pay  to  the  city  a  penalty  of  ten  dol¬ 
lars. 


CHAPTER  II. 

Of  Nuisances  and  Disorderly  Houses 
and  Practices. 

Sec.  1.  No  person  shall  deposit  or 
suffer  his  servant,  child  or  family  to 
deposit,  any  carcass,  carrion,  putrid 
meat,  fish,  entrails,  offals,  filth,  gar- 
bish,  rubbish  or  any  unwholesale  sub¬ 
stance  upon  any  lot  in  this  city  or  in 
any  street  or  lane,  or  upon  t..e  bank  of 
any  river,  or  in  the  pond  or  canal  in 
this  city,  under  a  penalty  of  $5.00  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  2.  Expectorating  upon  the 
floors  of  any  public  place  or  on  the 
sidewalks  in  this  city,  or  in  the  street 
cars  is  prohibited,  under  a  penalty  of 
three  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  3.  No  owner  or  occupant  of  any 
lot  or  tenement  shall  permit  any  sub¬ 
stance  mentioned  in  the  first  section  of 
this  chapter,  to  remain  upon  said  lot  or 
tenement  or  to  the  center  of  the  street 
adjoining,  under  the  penalty  of  five 
dollars  for  every  day  during  which  the 
same  shall  so  remain. 

Sec.  4.  The  Mayor,  any  alderman  or 
a  policeman,  may  order  the  owner  or 
occupant  of  any  house,  shop,  stable, 
sewer  or  other  building,  or  place  which 
shall  be  unwholesome  or  nauseous,  to 


Moving 

buildings. 


Removal  of 
surveyor’s  stakes. 


Deposit  of 
nuisances,  etc.  in 
streets 
prohibited. 


Expectorating  upon 
the  sidewalks,  etc. 
prohibited. 


Occupants  not  to 
allow  nuisances  to 
remain  in  streets. 


Unhealthy  places 
to  be  cleaned. 


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Disorderly  houses 
prohibited. 


Letting  such 
houses  prohibited. 


Riots,  etc 
prohibited. 


Police  to  arrest  etc. 


Public  bathing 
restricted. 


cleanse,  remove  or  abate  the  same  as 
often  as  it  may  be  necessary  for  the 
health  and  comfort  of  the  inhabitants 
of  the  city;  and  any  person  neglecting 
or  refusing  to  obey  such  order  shall 
forfeit  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for 
each  neglect  or  refusal. 

Sec.  5.  No  person  shall  keep  any 
house  of  ill-fame,  prostitution,  assigna¬ 
tion,  or  house  for  the  resort  of  gam- 
sters,  or  other  disorderly  persons  un¬ 
der  the  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  6.  No  person,  as  owner  or 
agent  shall  let  or  demise  any  house, 
room,  or  tenement  in  this  city  for  the 
purpose  of  its  being  used,  or  having 
notice  that  it  is  intended  to  be  used 
as  a  disorderly  or  gaming  house  or 
house  of  ill-fame,  prostitution  or  as¬ 
signation,  under  a  penalty  of  fifty  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense.  Every  such 
hou^e  is  declared  to  be  a  public  nuis¬ 
ance  and  the  Council  shall  cause  the 
same  to  be  abated. 

Sec.  7.  Every  person  who  shall 
make  or  assist  in  making  any  riot  or 
tumult,  or  aid  or  be  engaged  in  any 
noisy,  quarrelsome  or  disorderly  as¬ 
semblage,  or  shall  make  any  loud  or 
boisterous  noise  so  as  to  disturb  the 
peace  of  the  city,  or  shall  idle  or  loiter 
upon  the  streets  or  sidewalks  of  said 
city,  so  as  to  annoy  or  hinder  the  peo¬ 
ple  passing  thereon,  or  shall  use  vul¬ 
gar  or  insulting  language  to,  or  know¬ 
ingly  within  the  hearing  of  any  fe¬ 
male  passing  upon  the  streets  or  side¬ 
walks,  or  being  upon  the  streets  or 
sidewalks,  to,  or  knowingly  within  the 
hearing  of  any  female  lawfully  being 
in  or  upon  premises  adjacent  thereto, 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  ten  ($10) 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
policemen  to  arrest  all  persons  guilty 
of  any  offense  in  the  last  section  men¬ 
tioned,  and  also  all  tramps,  vagrants, 
common  beggars  and  other  disorderly 
persons  and  take  them  before  the  re¬ 
corder  to  be  dealt  with  according  to 
law. 

Sec.  9.  No  person  shall  publicly 
bathe,  without  bathing  suits  in  the 
day  time  in  any  river,  pond  or  canal 
in  this  city  under  the  penalty  of  two 
($2.00)  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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Sec.  10.  No  person  shall  exhibit  or 
assist  to  exhibit  any  natural  or  arti¬ 
ficial  curiosities,  caravan,  circus,  theat¬ 
rical  or  other  show  or  exhibition  or 
performance  for  money  within  the 
bounds  of  the  city,  (except  in  the 
town  hall  building)  without  a  license 
for  that  purpose  under  the  penalty  of 
one  hundred  ($100)  d'ollars  for  each  of¬ 
fense. 

Sec.  11.  The  Mayor  may  issue  li¬ 
cense  for  any  such  exhibitions,  upon 
the  payment  to  the  City  Treasurer  of 
the  sum  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars 
($50)  for  each  exhibition  of  a  circus  or 
caravan,  and  for  any  other  exhibition, 
not  less  than  five  ($5.00)  dollars  for 
every  twenty-four  hours. 

Sec.  12.  Any  person  who  shall  act 
in  a  noisy  or  boisterous  manner  as  a 
hackman,  cartman,  runner  or  solicit¬ 
or  for  any  hack,  cart,  boat,  railroad, 
public  house  or  other  establishment, 
shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars 
($10)  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  shall  threaten 
or  challenge  another  to  fight  or  en¬ 
gage  in  any  fight,  within  the  bounds 
of  the  city,  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dol¬ 
lars  ($10)  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  14.  Except  on  the  3rd,  4th  and 
5th  of  July,  no  person  shall  fire  any 
cannon,  gun,  fire  ball,  fire  cracker,  tor¬ 
pedo,  fire  works  or  other  explosives 
within  the  bounds  of  the  city,  unless 
by  permission  of  the  Mayor  or  Com¬ 
mon  Council,  under  a  penalty  of  five 
($5.00)  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  15.  No  person  shall  set  lire  to 
any  pile  of  shavings  or  build  any  bon¬ 
fire,  or  burn  any  leaves  on  any  street, 
lane  or  public  grounds  at  any  time, 
nor  elsewhere,  after  sun  down,  under 
a  penalty  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  16.  No  person  shall  use  any 
building  for  a  slaughter  house  in  this 
city  unless  the  same  is  located  west¬ 
erly  of  Jefferson  Avenue,  or  easterly 
of  Champlain  street,  and  southerly  of 
LaFayette  street,  under  a  penalty  of 
ten  ($10)  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  17.  No  person  shall  cast  or  de¬ 
posit,  suffer  or  procure  to  be  cast  or 
deposited,  in  the  Oswegatehie  river 
above  the  mill  dam  and  within  the 
city  limits,  the  body  of  any  dead  ani¬ 
mal  or  any  live  animal'  with  intent  to 


Exhibitions, 
shows,  etc., 
without  license, 
prohibited. 


Mayor  to  license 
shows. 


Runners 

restricted. 


Challenge  to 
fight. 


Firing  of  guns 
prohibited. 


Building  fires  in 
the  streets,  etc., 
prohibited. 


Location:  of 
slaughter  houses. 


Not  to  corrupt  the 
Oswegatehie  river. 


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Use  of  dynamite, 
etc.,  prohibited. 


Animals  not 
allowed  to  run  at 
large. 


Actions  against 
persons  allowing 
cattle,  etc.,  to  run 
at  large. 


Persons  causing 
animals  to 
escape. 


drown  the  same,  or  any  other  filth,  nor 
deposit  or  place  such  dead  body  or 
any  other  filth  on  either  bank  of  said 
river  within  said  limits,  so  that  the 
same  or  any  part  thereof  shall  be 
liable  to  be  washed  or  otherwise  con¬ 
ducted  into  said  river,  nor  in  any  oth¬ 
er  manner  or  way  corrupt,  or  render 
impure  the  water  in  said  river  within 
said  limits,  under  a  penalty  of  ten 
($10)  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  18.  No  person  or  persons,  shall 
use  any  dynamite,  nitro-glycerine  or 
explosive  substances  other  than  gun 
powder  for  blasting  purposes  in  the 
city  of  Ogdensburg,  without  the  per¬ 
mission  of  the  Mayor,  and  whoever 
violates  this  ordinance,  shall,  upon 
conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of 
($50)  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

CHAPTER  III. 

Of  Restraining  Animals. 

Sec.  1.  No  cattle,  horses,  swine, 
sheep  or  geese  shall  be  permitted  to 
run  at  large  in  this  city,  nor  be  driven 
or  allowed  on  the  streets  without  such 
restraint  as  shall  prevent  such  ani¬ 
mals  from  going  out  of  the  wagon¬ 
way,  under  a  penalty  of  two  dollars  for 
each  offense;  to  be  recovered  from  the 
owner  or  person  who  allows  the  same 
to  run  at  large  or  go  unrestrained  up¬ 
on  the  streets,  or  from  whose  posses¬ 
sion  the  same  shall  have  escaped.  Ani¬ 
mals  being  driven  on  the  streets  with¬ 
out  the  immediate  and  constant  at¬ 
tendance  of  at  least  one  person  for 
every  two  animals  who  are  keeping 
such  animals  in  the  wagon-way  and 
under  progress,  shall  be  deemed  as 
running  at  large,  or  not  restrained  as 
provided  in  this  section. 

Sec.  2.  If  any  taxpayer  shall  file 
with  the  recorder  a  verified  complaint 
against  any  person  offending  under 
the  first  section  of  this  chapter,  giving 
the  names  of  at  least  two  reliable  wit¬ 
nesses,  the  recorder  shall  forthwith 
commence  an  action  in  the  name  of 
tne  city  against  such  offender  to  recov¬ 
er  such  penalty  and  when  so  recover¬ 
ed,  the  whole  penalty  shall  belong  to 
the  city. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  who  shall  cause 
any  animal  to  escape  from  a  proper 
enclosure,  or  to  be  released  from 
proper  restraint,  shall  be  liable  to  a 
penalty  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  for  each 
offense. 


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Sec.  4.  No  dog  that  is  dangerous, 
vicious  or  ferocious  in  any  degree, 
shall  be  permitted  to  run  at  large  in 
this  city  under  a  penalty  of  five  ($5.00) 
dollars  for  each  offense,  to  be  recover¬ 
ed  from  the  owner  of  said  dog  or  the 
person  from  whose  possession  it  es¬ 
caped. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
recorder  on  the  complaint  of  any  per¬ 
son  that  any  dog  is  dangerous,  vicious 
or  ferocious,  and  is  allowed  to  run  at 
large  to  issue  an  order  directed  to  the 
owner  or  person  having  charge  of  or 
harboring  said  dog,  requiring  such 
owner  or  person  to  appear  before  him 
at  the  next  regular  session  of  the  re¬ 
corder’s  court,  to  show  cause  why  said 
dog  should  not  be  confined  or  destroy¬ 
ed,  which  order  shall  be  served  upon 
such  owner  or  person  having  posses¬ 
sion  of  or  harboring  such  dog  in  the 
same  manner  as  is  provided  for  the 
service  of  a  summons  in  the  recorder’s 
court  and  at  the  next  session  of  said 
court  the  recorder  shall  take  the  evi¬ 
dence  then  offered  relating  to  the 
same  and  report  the  same  to  the  Com¬ 
mon  Council,  and  if  the  Common  Coun¬ 
cil  shall  decide  that  such  dog  is  dan¬ 
gerous,  vieous  or  ferocious  in  any  de¬ 
gree  and  is  not  kept  constantly  con¬ 
fined  so  as  not  to  endanger  any  per¬ 
son  rightfully  passing  or  an  ordinary 
trespasser  in  the  day  time,  they  may 
require  such  owner  or  person  having 
possession  or  harboring  such  dog,  to 
thereafter  keep  said  dog  so  confined  or 
to  destroy  the  same,  and  any  person 
who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  so  con¬ 
fine  or  destroy  such  dog  after  having 
been  so  ordered  by  the  Common  Coun¬ 
cil,  shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of  ten  dol¬ 
lars  for  every  twenty-four  hours  he 
shall  so  neglect  or  refuse.  The  po¬ 
lice  of  said  Cn.y  may,  and  it  shall  be 
their  duty,  to  destroy  said  dog  at  any 
time  after  the  Common  Council  shall 
decide  that  the  same  is  dangerous, 
vicious  or  ferocious  in  any  degree  if 
the  same  shall  be  found  running  at 
large. 

Sec.  6.  Every  person  residing  in  the 
City  of  Ogdensburg,  New  York,  own¬ 
ing  or  harboring  any  dog  or  bitch 
therein,  shall  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  June  in  each  year,  procure 
from  the  City  Clerk  a  license  for  each 
dog  or  bitch  so  owned  or  harbored  and 
pay  the  City  Treasurer  a  license  fee  of 
one  dollar  for  each  such  dog  and  three 
dollars  for  each  such  bitch  and  pre¬ 
sent  to  the  clerk  a  receipt  therefor. 


Vicious  dogs  to  be 
restrained. 


Destroying  vicious 
dogs. 


Owners  of  dogs 
must  pay 
licenses. 


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City  clerk  to  issue 
licenses. 


Police  officers  to 
impound  and  kill 
dogs  without  tags. 


Dynamite  and 
other  explosives; 
How  to  be  kept. 


and  put  and  keep  upon  the  neck  of 
each  such  dog  or  bitch  the  metal  num¬ 
ber  tag  which  shall  be  issued  to  such 
person  as  hereinafter  provided.  Any 
person  violating  this  ordinance  shall 
forfeit  a  penalty  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
City  Clerk  upon  payment  to  the  City 
treasurer  of  the  license  fee,  provided 
in  the  last  section,  to  issue  to  every 
person  applying  therefor  a  numbered 
license  for  each  such  dog  or  bitch,  to¬ 
gether  with  a  metal  number  tag  of 
convenient  size  and  shape.  It  shall 
also  be  the  duty  of  the  said  clerk  to 
procure  a  record  book  which  shall  be 
the  property  of  the  city  and  to  enter 
and  record  therein  the  name  of  every 
person  applying  for  such  license,  the 
date  of  such  application  and  the  num¬ 
ber  of  each  license  and  metal  tag,  is¬ 
sued  as  aforesaid.  The  number  of  the 
license  and  tag  to  be  the  same  in  the 
case  of  each  animal. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any 
police  officer  of  said  city  to  apprehend, 
impound  and  within  two  days  there¬ 
after,  kill  any  dog  or  bitch  owned  or 
harbored  by  any  person  residing 
therein  and  running  at  large  in  said 
city  without  a  metal  number  tag  issued 
as  aforesaid  attached  to  its  neck,  or 
which  has  not  been  duly  licensed  as 
provided  in  these  ordinances  or  run¬ 
ning  at  large  contrary  to  the  provi¬ 
sions  of  any  ordinance  of  said  city. 

No  bitch  in  heat  shall  be  suffered  to 
run  at  large  in  said  city  under  a  pen¬ 
alty  of  $5.00  for  each  offense. 

No  person  shall  keep  in  said  city  any 
dog  or  bitch,  which  by  howling,  bark¬ 
ing  or  whining  at  night,  or  by  barking 
or  in  any  other  manner,  annoys  any 
person.  Every  person  harboring  such 
dog  or  bitch  in  said  city  shall  be  sub¬ 
ject  to  a  penalty  of  three  dollars 
($3.00). 


CHAPTER  IV. 

Of  the  Prevention  and  Extinguish¬ 
ment  of  Fires. 

Sec.  1.  (a)  No  person  or  corpora¬ 

tion  shall  without  express  license  from 
the  Common  Council  store  or  keep  dy¬ 
namite,  nitroglycerine  or  other  high 
explosive  in  any  store  or  other  place 
within  this  city,  and  no  person  or  cor¬ 
poration  shall  carry  or  transport  any 
such  substance  through  any  street  of 


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this  city  except  with  the  written  per¬ 
mission  and  under  the  regulation  of 
the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  or 
officer  lawfully  performing  his  duties. 
No  person  or  corporation  shall  with¬ 
out  express  license  from  the  Common 
Council  store  or  keep  in  any  store  or 
place  within  this  city  gun  powder  in 
a  quantity  to  exceed  twenty-five 
pounds  in  any  one  store  or  premises. 

(b)  No  person  or  corporation  shall 
without  express  license  Trom  the  Com¬ 
mon  Council  store  or  keep  within  this 
city  gasoline,  spirits  of  turpentine, 
benzine,  naptha  or  other  explosive 
fluid,  or  fluid  which  may  generate  an 
explosive  gas,  in  a  quantity  to  exceed 
sixty  gallons  in  any  one  store  or  prem¬ 
ises. 

The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department 
or  other  officer  lawfully  acting  in  his 
stead  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall 
be  his  duty,  when  there  is  reasonable 
cause  to  believe  any  substance  herein 
mentioned  is  being  stored  or  kept  in 
violation  of  this  section,  to  enter  and 
make  search  for  the  same  in  any  store 
or  other  place,  and  if  the  same  is 
found  in  violation  of  this  section  to 
cause  the  immediate  removal  of  the 
same  and  to  present  a  proper  informa¬ 
tion  to  the  Recorder  or  magistrate  act¬ 
ing  in  his  stead.  All  gunpowder  and 
volatile  explosive  fluids  hereby  per¬ 
mitted  to  be  stored  or  kept  shall  at 
all  times  be  stored  and  kept  in  a  situa¬ 
tion  and  manner  approved  by  the 
Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  other¬ 
wise  he  may  summarily  cause  their 
removal. 

Any  person  or  corporation  violating 
the  provisions  of  either  subdivision  of 
this  section  shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  2.  No  owner,  occupant  or  oth¬ 
er  person  shall  permit,  suffer  or  allow 
any  waste  paper,  wooden  or  paper 
boxes,  not  in  use,  excelsior  or  other 
inflammable  substance  or  refuse  to  ac¬ 
cumulate  or  be  stored  in  any  building, 
cellar,  room,  attic,  shed  or  lane  in  the 
city  of  Ogdensburg,  under  a  penalty  of 
$10  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  3.  Whenever  in  the  opinion  of 
the  Mayor,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire 
Department  or  his  assistant,  any  chim¬ 
ney,  fireplace,  stove,  stovepipe,  smoke¬ 
house  or  any  heating  apparatus  or  re¬ 
pository  for  ashes,  is  in  such  condition 
as  to  expose  a  building  to  take  fire,  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  direct  the  occu¬ 
pant  or  owner  to  correct  or  remove 


Penalty  for 


inflammable  sub¬ 
stances  not  allowed 
to  accumulate. 


Exposure  to  fire 
remedied. 


±4 


Penalty  for 
refusal. 


Fire 

Department. 


Chief  to  have 
charge  of  all  fires. 


No  person  to 
injure  fire  hose  or 
apparatus. 


No  obstruction 
near  hydrant. 


No  person  to 
interfere  with  fire 
boxes. 


such  exposure  within  a  certain  time 
to  oe  designated  by  him,  not  less  than 
twenty-four  hours  after  notice  to  such 
owner  or  occupant. 

Sec.  4.  Every  person  or  occupant 
suffering  any  such  unsafe  fireplace, 
chimney  place,  stove,  stove  pipe, 
smoke  house,  heating  apparatus  or  re¬ 
pository  for  ashes  as  provided  in  the 
last  section,  to  continue  in  such  condi¬ 
tion  after  notice  to  correct  the  same 
and  after  the  time  limited  therefor, 
shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  ten  dollars 
($10)  for  each  offense  and  the  further 
sum  of  ten  ($10)  dollars,  for  every  teD 
days  such  unsafe  fireplace,  stove  or 
other  thing  shall  continue. 

Sec.  5.  The  Fire  Department  of  the 
City  of  Ogdensburg,  shall  consist  of 
a  Chief,  one  assistant  chief  and  such 
firemen  as  the  Common  Council  may 
employ;  the  compensation  of  such 
Chief,  assistant  chief  and  firemen  shall 
be  fixed  by  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  6.  The  Chief  of  the  Fire  De¬ 
partment  in  all  cases  of  fire  shall  have 
sole  control  of  all  the  other  members 
of  the  fire  department  and  over  all 
the  companies,  engines  and  apparatus 
pertaining  thereto,  and  any  person  in 
said  department  who  shall  refuse  or 
neglect  to  obey  any  lawful  order  of  the 
Chief  shall  be  suspended  by  the  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department  who  shall 
thereupon  report  such  suspension  to 
the  Common  Council  for  their  action 
thereon  at  their  first  regular  meeting 
thereafter.  The  orders  to  members  of 
the  companies  shall  be  given  only 
through  their  foreman  or  by  the  Chief 
in  person. 

Sec.  7.  Any  person  who  shall  drive 
any  sleigh,  carriage,  cart,  wagon,  car 
or  other  vehicle  upon  or  across  any 
hose,  while  in  use  by  the  Fire  Depart¬ 
ment  without  permission  of  the  Chief 
or  his  assistant  in  charge  of  the  same, 
shall  forfeit  a  penalty  of  twenty-five 
($25)  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  8.  No  person  shall  place  any 
lumber,  stone  or  other  obstruction 
nearer  than  six  feet  to  any  hydrant 
nor  cover  the  same  with  snow  in 
this  city  under  a  penalty  of  five  ($5.00) 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  9.  No  person  shall  make  or 
cause  to  be  made,  or  have  in  his  pos¬ 
session,  any  key,  impression  or  dupli¬ 
cate  of  any  key  of  any  signal  box  of 


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the  fire  alarm  system  of  the  City  of 
Ogdens  burg  without  permission  of  the 
Common  Council  under  a  penalty  of 
five  ($5.00)  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  10.  No  person  shall  give  or 
cause  to  be  given  any  false  alarm  of 
fire  in  any  manner  within  the  City  of 
Ogdensburg  without  permission  of  the 
Mayor  under  a  penalty  of  ten  ($10) 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  11.  No  person  shall  attempt  to 
operate  any  connected  fire  alarm  sig¬ 
nal  box  within  the  City  of  Ogdensburg 
except  in  case  of  fire,  nor  interfere 
with  said  signal  box,  nor  any  part 
thereof  in  any  manner  whatever  nor 
with  any  wire,  pole  or  other  thing  con¬ 
nected  with  or  in  any  way 
auxiliary  to  the  fire  alarm  apparatus 
of  said  city  without  the  permission  of 
the  Mayor  or  Chief  of  the  Fire  Depart¬ 
ment  under  a  penalty  of  five  ($5.00) 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  12.  No  person  shall  cause  any 
telegraph,  telephone,  electric  light  or 
other  wire  to  be  erected  upon,  along 
or  across  any  wire  connected  with  the 
fire  alarm  telegraph  so  that  the  same 
shall  in  anywise  effect  or  interfere 
with  the  operation  of  said  fire  alarm 
telegraph  under  a  penalty  of  ten  ($10) 
dollars  for  each  offense  and  a  further 
penalty  of  one  dollars  ($1)  for  each 
day  such  wire  shall  remain  after  no¬ 
tice  to  remove  the  same. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  shall  injure  or 
interfere  in  any  way  with  any  hose  or 
apparatus  belonging  to  the  fire  depart¬ 
ment  of  the  City  of  Ogdensburg,  nor 
shall  any  person  injure  any  building 
or  part  thereof,  where  such  apparatus 
is  kept  under  a  penalty  of  ten  ($10) 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  14.  No  person  shall  erect,  ex¬ 
tend  or  place  any  wooden  building  in 
the  City  of  Ogdensburg  within  the 
following  limits,  which  shall  be  known 
as  the  fire  limits,  under  a  penalty  of 
fifty  ($50)  dollars  for  each  offense, 
viz.:  The  territory  bounded  by  Greene, 
Caroline,  Washington,  Water  and  Cres¬ 
cent  streets;  the  territory  bounded  by 
Water  and  Crescent  streets,  the  Oswe- 
gatchie  river  and  the  northerly  lines 
of  Crescent  Park  and  Washington 
street  prolonged  to  said  river;  the  ter¬ 
ritory  within  one  hundred  and  fifteen 
feet  northerly  of  the  northerly  curb 
line;  the  territory  within  one  hundred 
and  fifteen  feet  southerly  of  the  south- 


Fire  alarms  not  to 
be  given. 


Interference  w*th 
signal  boxes 
prohibited. 


Wires,  etc. 


Injuring  hose, 
etc.,  prohibited. 


Fire  limits. 


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Penalty  for  acting 
as  hackman  or 
cartman  without 
license. 


erly  curb  line  of  Ford  street,  one  hun¬ 
dred  feet  east  of  Caroline  street,  and 
the  territory  in  the  second  ward 
bounded  by  the  Mill  Pond,  the  main 
aqueduct,  and  the  westerly  line  of  said 
Mill  Pond  and  the  westerly  line  of  said 
aqueduct  continued  northerly  to  the 
Oswegatchie  river. 

No  person  shall  permit  any  such 
bid 'ding  or  extension  placed,  erected 
or  constructed  in  violation  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  to  remain  on  his  or  her  premises 
under  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  ($25) 
dollars  for  each  week  the  same  shall 
so  remain.  The  word  “person”  in  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  to  include 
corporations.  All  persons  are  hereby 
forbidden  under  a  like  penalty  of  fifty 
dollars  to  erect,  alter,  extend,  add  to, 
or  commence  the  erection,  alteration, 
extension  or  additions,  or  repair  to  any 
building  or  buildings  of  any  kind  ®r 
description,  within  the  above  describ¬ 
ed  limits  until  the  person  or  persons 
erecting  or  causing  the  same  to  be 
erected,  shall  have  filed  with  the 
Common  Council  a  plan  or  plans  upon 
which  said  building  or  buildings  are 
to  be  erected,  extended  and  repaired 
and  the  same  shall  have  been  approved 
by  said  Common  Council.  A  wooden 
building  within  the  meaning  of  this 
ordinance  is  one,  the  outside  wall  or 
sustaining  wall  of  which  is  constructed 
wholly  or  partially  of  wood.  All  roofs 
within  the  above  limits  shall  be  cover¬ 
ed  with  tin  or  other  incombustible  ma¬ 
terial.  An  extension  within  the  mean¬ 
ing  of  this  ordinance  is  an  enlarge¬ 
ment  of  the  dimensions  of  such  build¬ 
ing  as  they  existed  immediately  prior 
to  such  extension,  either  in  length, 
breadth,  height  or  otherwise. 

This  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to 
buildings  for  storing  boats  along  the 
Oswegatchie  river  between  Greene 
street  and  the  bridge  at  the  foot  of 
Ford  street,  not  exceeding  twenty  feet 
in  height  to  the  peak  of  the  roof. 


CHAPTER  Y. 

Of  Cartmen  and  Porters. 

Sec.  1.  No  person  shall  act  as  hack- 
man,  cartman  or  porter  for  the  trans¬ 
portation  of  persons  or  property  from 
place  to  place,  within  the  bounds  of 
this  city,  for  hire,  without  a  license 
therefor,  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars 
for  each  offense. 


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Sec.  2.  Such  license  may  be  grant¬ 
ed  by  the  Mayor  upon  a  receipt  of  a 
bond  with  one  or  more  sufficient  sure¬ 
ties,  in  the  penalty  of  one  hundred  dol¬ 
lars,  conditioned  for  the  payment  of 
all  damages  for  which  the  person  ap¬ 
plying  for  such  license  may  become 
liable  in  the  course  of  such  business 
to  any  person  or  persons,  and  the  re¬ 
ceipt  of  the  City  Treasurer  stating 
that  said  applicant  has  paid  for  said 
license  in  accordance  with  the  follow¬ 
ing  rates: 

For  two  horse  passenger  hack  or 
sleight,  $5.00. 

For  one  horse  passenger  hack  or 
sleigh,  $3.00. 

For  one  horse  carts  or  wagons  for 
carrying  freight,  merchandise,  house- 
nold  goods,  etc.,  $2.00. 

For  two  horse  carts  or  wagons  for 
same,  $4.00. 

Every  such  license  shall  be  granted 
to  expire  on  the  30th  of  June  follow¬ 
ing  upon  which  it  is  granted,  and  said 
license  shall  authorize  the  use  of  no 
more  than  one  vehicle  at  one  time.  All 
persons  procuring  license  under  the 
provisons  of  this  chapter  for  carrying 
passengers,  shall  provide  a  good  and 
substantial  spring  carriage,  of  easy 
access,  and  keep  the  same  at  all  times 
in  good,  safe  and  respectable  condi¬ 
tion.  Any  failure  to  comply  with  this 
requirement,  will  be  followed  by  revo¬ 
cation  of  license. 

Sec.  3.  Each  hackman,  cartman  or 
porter,  as  soon  as  licensed,  shall  cause 
the  number  of  his  license  to  be  paint¬ 
ed  on  each  side  of  his  cart,  sled,  truck, 
or  other  vehicle,  so  as  to  be  distinctly 
seen,  and  hackmen,  porters  and  others 
who  carry  passengers  shall  wear  a  me¬ 
tallic  number  corresponding  with  the 
number  of  his  license,  pinned  to  his 
clothing  so  as  to  be  distinctly  seen, 
and  shall  so  continue  the  same  under 
penalty  of  two  dollars  ($2.00)  for  each 
day  he  shall  drive  or  solicit  passengers 
without  being  so  numbered  and  cloth¬ 
ed. 


Sec.  4.  Prices  and  rates  to  be  taken 
for  the  cartage  of  goods,  merchandise 
or  other  articles  by  such  cartmen,  or 
porters  when  the  distance  does  not 
exceed  one  mile,  shall  be  for  each,  one 
horse  load,  twenty-five  cents.  Double 
the  rates  shall  be  allowed  for  a  two 
horse  load;  the  rates  for  the  convey¬ 
ance  of  passengers  or  other  persons 
and  their  baggage  shall  be  as  follows: 


Cartman’s 

license. 


Number  of  license 
to  be  painted  on 
cart. 


Rates. 


Penalty  for  taking 
more  than  above 
rates. 


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When  the  distance  does  not  exceed 
one  mile,  for  each  person  and  his 
hand  satchels  or  valises  and  one  trunk, 
twenty-five  cents,  and  for  each  addi¬ 
tional  trunk,  ten  cents. 

When  the  distance  exceeds  one 
mile,  for  each  person  and  bis  hand 
satchels  and  valises  and  one  trunk, 
forty  cents;  for  each  additional  trunk, 
ten  cents. 

For  children  over  five  and  under 
twelve  years  of  age,  half  the  above 
rates  shall  be  charged;  any  child  un¬ 
der  five  accompanied  by  adults  or  per¬ 
sons  over  twelve  years  of  age,  no 
charge  shall  be  made. 

The  rates  of  hire  by  the  hour  shall 
be:  For  wagons,  carriages  or  sleighs 
with  one  horse  for  one  hour,  seventy- 
five  cents;  each  additional  hour,  forty 
cents. 

For  wagons,  carriages  or  sleighs 
with  two  horses  for  first  hour,  $1.50. 

For  second  hour,  $1.00. 

For  each  hour  thereafter,  50c. 

For  the  conveyance  of  passengers 
or  other  persons  to  and  from  the 
State  Hospital  buildings,  hour  rates 
shan  be  charged. 

All  the  aforesaid  rates  are  from  six 
o’clock  a.  m.  to  11  o'clock  at  night; 
and  from  11  o’clock  at  night  to  six 
o’clock  in  the  morning,  double  the 
above  rates  may  be  charged. 

Sec.  5.  If  any  hackman,  cartman  or 
porter  shall  exact  or  demand  any 
greater  charge  than  is  allowed  by  this 
chapter  he  shall,  upon  conviction,  be¬ 
fore  the  recorder  or  other  magistrate, 
forfeit  the  penalty  of  five  ($5.00)  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense. 

If  on  complaint  in  writing  made  to 
the  Common  Council,  it  is  cnarged 
that  any  hackman,  cartman,  or  porter 
has  exacted  or  demanded  any  greater 
charge  than  is  allowed  by  this  chapter, 
or  has  cheated,  deceived,  abused  or  de¬ 
frauded  passengers  or  acted  in  a  noisy 
or  boisterous  manner  or  been  intoxi¬ 
cated  while  driving  his  vehicle  or 
soliciting  passengers,  or  who  fails  to 
keep  an  engagement,  the  Common 
Council  may  as  a  body  or  by  a  com¬ 
mittee  appointed  for  that  purpose  in¬ 
vestigate  such  charge  and  complaint, 
on  giving  the  accused  at  least  two  days 
notice  in  writing  of  the  substance  of 
said  complaint,  and  of  the  time  and 
place  at  which  such  investigation  will 
be  had. 


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Such  examination  shall  be  made  by 
the  examination  of  witnesses  under 
oath  offered  by  complainant  or  persons 
charged,  and  the  accused  shall  have 
the  permission  to  crossexamine  the 
witnesses  so  offered  by  the  complain¬ 
ant.  If  such  investigation  is  made  by 
a  committee  they  shall  thereupon  re¬ 
port  their  proceedings  and  conclusions 
to  the  Council.  If,  in  the  opinion  of 
the  Common  Council  the  person  charg¬ 
ed  is  guilty  of  the  offense  or  offenses 
named  in  the  complaint,  the  Common 
Council  may,  by  resolution  to  that  ef¬ 
fect,  authorize  the  Mayor  to  revoke  the 
license  of  the  offender  and  he  shall  for¬ 
feit  the  unearned  portion  of  the  license 
fee  paid  by  him. 

Any  person  accepting  a  license  un¬ 
der  tnis  chapter,  does  so  subject  to 
the  conditions  and  liabilities  imposed 
by  said  chapter. 

Sec.  6  The  proprietor  or  driver  of 
any  vehicle  licensed  to  carry  passen¬ 
gers,  shall  keep  posted  in  a  conspicu¬ 
ous  place  in  or  upon  said  vehicle, 
printed  in  a  plainly  legible  print,  a 
statement  of  the  rates  allowed  by  this 
chapter;  and  the  owner  and  driver  of 
said  vehicle  so  licensed  who  shall  not 
have  such  rate  conspicuously  posted 
as  aforesaid,  shall  not  demand  or  re¬ 
ceive  any  payment  for  fare  of  passen¬ 
gers,  and  shall  be  liable  to  pay  a 
penalty  of  two  ($2.00)  dollars  for  every 
day  he  shall  so  use  such  vehicle. 

Sec.  7.  The  provisions  of  this  chap¬ 
ter  shall  not  apply  to  teamsters  em¬ 
ployed  by  the  day. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

Of  the  Burial  of  the  Dead  and  the  Reg¬ 
ulation  of  the  Public  Cemeteries. 

Sec.  1.  No  person  shall  hereafter 
bury  the  corpse  of  any  person  at  any 
place  within  the  bounds  of  the  City  of 
Ogdensburg  west  of  Bigelow  street,  un¬ 
der  the  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars 
for  each  offense,  and  the  further  pen¬ 
alty  of  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  for 
every  week  during  which  such  corpse 
shall  be  suffered  to  remain,  after  no¬ 
tice  to  the  offender  to  remove  the 
same. 

Sec.  2.  The  burial  ground  belong¬ 
ing  to  the  City  of  Ogdensburg,  lying 
south  of  Ogdensburg  cemetery  shall 
be  under  the  superintendence  of  some 


Rates  to  be  posted 
in  a  conspicuous 
place  on  vehicle. 


Burial — place 
limited. 


Superintendent. 


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Consent  to  dig 
grave. 


General  lot. 


Depth  of  grave. 


person  to  be  appointed  by  the  Council, 
and  to  hold  during  their  pleasure. 
Such  superintendent  shall  keep  a  book 
wherein  shall  be  recorded  the  name, 
residence,  age  and  sex  of  every  per¬ 
son  buried  in  such  cemetery,  the  date 
of  the  burial,  and  the  number  of  the 
lot  where  the  interment  is  made,  cor¬ 
responding  with  the  number  of  such 
lot  on  the  map  of  the  burial  ground 
and  on  the  first  Monday  of  eacn  month 
he  shall  deliver  to  the  City  Clerk  a 
copy  of  all  such  entries  made  for  the 
preceding  month. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  dig  any 
grave  in  such  burial  ground,  except 
under  the  direction  of  the  superinten¬ 
dent  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

Sec.  4.  That  part  of  said  burial 
ground  lying  south  and  east  of  the 
southerly  circular  road  is  set  apart  to 
the  interment  of  all  persons  dying,  res¬ 
ident  of  the  City  of  Ogdensburg,  whose 
friends  shall  not  prefer  to  purchase  an 
exclusive  lot.  Family  and  single  lots, 
on  the  north  and  west  side  of  said  road 
may  be  secured  by  any  person,  by  the 
payment  to  the  treasurer  of  ten  dol¬ 
lars  each  for  the  former,  and  two  for 
the  latter.  The  name  of  the  person 
making  such  payment  shall  be  entered 
by  the  City  Clerk  and  superintendent 
upon  the  maps  of  the  burial  ground. 
Over  the  lot  for  which  payment  is 
made,  and  thereafter  no  interment 
shan  be  made  in  such  lot,  without  the 
consent  of  the  person  making  such 
payment  or  his  heirs.  The  remains  of 
persons  not  having  been,  immediately 
prior  to  their  decease,  residents  of 
said  city,  shall  only  be  interred  in  such 
ground  upon  the  production  to  the  su¬ 
perintendent  of  the  treasurer’s  re¬ 
ceipt  for  the  sum  of  two  dollars,  or 
certificate  of  the  Mayor,  or  in  his  ab¬ 
sence,  of  an  alderman,  that  by  reason 
of  the  poverty  of  the  deceased,  such 
charge  should  not  be  made. 

Sec.  5.  No  grave  made  in  said  bur¬ 
ial  ground  shall  be  less  than  five  feet 
deep.  And  no  person,  other  than  the 
superintendent  and  his  assistants 
shall  tor  hire  dig  any  grave  in  such 
ground,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense.  The  superin¬ 
tendent  shall,  whenever  requested  in 
accordance  with  these  regulations,  pre¬ 
pare  any  grave,  and  attend  to  the  bur¬ 
ial  and  shall  be  entitled  to  demand  and 
receive  from  the  person  by  whom  he 


I 


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may  be  employed,  the  sum  of  one  dol¬ 
lar  and  fifty  cents,  and  no  more,  for 
such  service,  and  for  making  the  rec¬ 
ord  herein  provided. 

Sec.  6.  All  money  received  by  the 
treasurer,  under  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter,  together  with  any  money 
which  may  be  raised  by  tax  for  the 
same  purposes  shall  be  termed  -  the 
cemetery  fund,  and  be  appropriated 
only  to  the  improvement  of  the  said 
grounds,  the  fencing  of  the  same,  and 
the  maintenance  of  the  sidewalk  in 
from  thereof. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

Of  the  Weighing,  Measuring  and  Mar¬ 
keting  of  Hay,  Straw  and  Wood. 

Sec.  1.  South  Water  street  between 
Isrbella  and  Ford  streets  and  Lake 
street  from  the  iron  bridge  to  the  ca¬ 
nal  bridge  on  Main  street,  in  said 
city,  shall  be  the  places  ^or  the  mar¬ 
keting  of  hay  and  straw;  and  Isabella 
street  from  the  Oswegatchie  river 
bank  co  the  southerly  bounds  of  Wash¬ 
ington  street,  in  said  city,  shall  be  the 
places  for  the  marketing  of  wood,  and 
every  person  who  shall  expose  or  offer 
for  sale,  any  of  the  above  commodities 
within  the  bounds  of  said  city  from 
any  wagon,  sleigh  or  vehicle  except  at 
the  places  above  designated,  respec¬ 
tively,  shall  forfeit  one  dollar  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  shall,  within  the 
bounds  of  said  city,  offer  or  expose  for 
sale  in  manner  aforesaid,  any  of  the 
commodities  mentioned  in  the  preced¬ 
ing  section,  without  the  same  having 
been  duly  weighed  or  measured,  and 
a  certificate  of  such  weight  or  mea¬ 
surement  having  been  given  by  an  offi¬ 
cer  duly  authorized  to  the  person  ex¬ 
posing  such  commodity  for  sale;  which 
certificate  shall  be  shown  by  such  per¬ 
son  to  applicants  for  the  purchase  of 
such  commodity,  before  tne  sale  there¬ 
of,  and  any  person  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  for¬ 
feit  one  dollar  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  3.  Weighers  and  measurers  of 
hay,  straw  and  wood  shall  be  entitled 
to  demand  and  receive  from  the  owner 
or  owners,  or  persons  exposing  for 
sale,  or  having  in  charge  any  of  the 
commodities  mentioned  in  the  first 


Money;  how 
appropriated. 


Hay — the  weighing, 
marketing,  etc. 


Said  article  not  to 
be  offered  for  sale 
until  so  weighed. 


Weigher’s  fees. 


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Certificate. 


Ferry  districts. 


Capacity  of  ferry 
boat  to  be  used. 


section  of  this  chapter,  the  following 
compensation  or  fees  and  no  more: 

For  each  load  of  hay  or  straw 
weighed,  10  cents. 

For  each  load  of  wood  measured,  6 
cents. 

Sec.  4.  Any  weigher  or  measurer 
shall,  upon  the  payment  of  his  fees,  de¬ 
liver  to  the  person  having  in  charge 
any  commodity  mentioned  in  section 
one  of  this  chapter,  a  certificate  stat¬ 
ing  the  date  of  its  weighing  or  meas¬ 
urement,  the  true  weight  or  quantity 
of  such  commodity,  in  plain  words  or 
figures,  with  the  name  of  said  officer 
subscribed  thereto;  and  any  weigher 
or  measurer  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  or  the  preceding 
section,  shall  forfeit  five  dollars  for 
each  offense. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

Of  Ferries. 

Sec.  1.  There  shall  be  and  hereby 
is  established  two  ferry  districts.  The 
eastern  ferry  district  shall  comprise 
the  water  front  east  of  the  center  of 
Franklin  street,  and  the  western  ferry 
district  shall  embrace  the  water  front 
of  the  city  west  of  Franklin  street  cen¬ 
ter.  The  said  western  district  shall  be 
in  subdivisions,  known  as  subdivision 
‘'A”  and  subdivision  “B.”  Subdivision 
“A”  shall  be  set  apart  for  the  ferrying 
of  passengers,  freight  in  bulk  and  oth¬ 
er  property  not  in  cars. 

Sec.  2.  For  subdivison  “A”  there 
must  be  provided  and  used,  a  steam¬ 
boat  of  not  less  than  seventy-nine  feet 
keel  measurements,  and  eighteen  feet 
breadth  of  beam,  and  not  less  than 
forty-six  net  tons  burthen  with  suit¬ 
able  accommodations  for  passengers, 
capable  of  making  the  trips  in  winter 
and  which  shall  be  kept  and  used  ex¬ 
clusively  for  such  ferry  subdivison  and 
shall  except  when  prevented  by  the  in¬ 
clemency  of  the  weather  or  accident 
cross  and  return  every  hour,  leaving 
the  dock  at  Ogdensburg  precisely  at  6 
a.  m.  and  at  the  expiration  of  every 
hour  thereafter  until  8  p.  m.  providing 
necessary  customs  officers  are  furnish¬ 
ed  at  Ogdensburg  and  Prescott  with¬ 
out  expense  to  lessee  and  the  les¬ 
see  of  the  western  ferry  district  or 
of  subdivision  “A”  as  the  case  maj  be 
shall  provide  and  keep  in  use  sufficient 
other  boats  with  men  to  take  over  all 


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passengers  offering  to  cross  at  this 
ferry  when  such  steamboat  is  not 
in  use,  and  also  in  the  night  time 
on  reasonable  notice  at  their  places 
of  business,  but  for  night  ferriage, 
double  the  rates  established  by 
section  four  of  chapter  eight  of  the  city 
Ordinances  may  be  charged.  The 
Common  Council  in  its  advertisement 
for  proposals  may  name  the  rate  for 
day  passengers  in  this  subdivision,  but 
in  no  case  to  exceed  the  rate  establish* 
ed  by  section  four.  The  terminal  land¬ 
ing  place  of  this  division  must  be  at  a 
point  east  of  the  Oswegatchie  river,  to 
be  stated  in  the  lease,  but  the  lessee 
shall  not  be  prohibited  from  taking  or 
landing  passengers  at  any  other  point 
in  the  western  ferry  district. 

Sec.  3.  For  subdivison  “B”  of  the 
western  ferry  district  and  also  for  the 
eastern  ferry  district,  there  must  be 
provided  and  used  a  steamboat  of  not 
less  than  one  hnudred  feet  keel  mea¬ 
surements  and  not  less  than  twenty-six 
feet  breadth  of  beam  and  eighty  tons 
burthen,  with  suitable  accomodations 
for  passengers  and  which  shall  be  cap¬ 
able  of  transporting  railroad  cars,  wag¬ 
ons,  carriages,  with  their  lading,  and 
of  making  the  trips  in  winter  and  shall 
cross  at  stated  times  to  be  speci¬ 
fied  in  the  license  and  shall 
land  cars,  empty  or  loaded  at,  or  take 
the  same  from,  any  suitable  slip  now 
provided  or  that  may  be  hereafter  pro¬ 
vided  within  their  respective  districts 
by  any  corporation  or  individual  with¬ 
out  discriminating  in  charges,  provid¬ 
ed,  however,  that  if  at  any  time  the 
Common  Council  shall  deem  it  to  the 
advantage  of  the  city  to  lease  subdivi¬ 
sion  “A”  separate  and  anart  from  sub¬ 
division  “B”  then  the  lessee  of  sub¬ 
division  “B”  shall  be  prohibited  from 
carrying  local  passengers. 

Sec.  4.  The  rates  of  ferriage  from 
the  first  day  of  April  until  the  first  day 
of  December  in  each  year,  shall  be  as 
follows: 

For  every  adult  passenger,  ten 
cents. 

For  children  over  four  and  under 
twelve  years  of  age,  five  cents. 

For  horses  each,  twenty-five  cents. 

For  single  wagon,  sleigh  or  carriage, 
twenty-five  cents. 

For  double  wagon,  sleigh  or  car¬ 
riage,  fifty  cents. 

For  cattle,  each,  twenty-five  cents. 


Measurements  and 
size  of  boat  for 
ferry  districts. 


Ferry  rates. 


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Penalty  for 


Auction  sales 
prohibited. 


Junk  dealers. 


When  city  clerk 
should  issue 
license. 


Penalty. 


For  horses  and  cattle  in  droves,  for 
each,  over  five,  one-half  the  above 
rates. 

For  sheep,  each,  six  cents. 

For  freight,  per  ton,  one  dollar. 

From  the  first  day  of  December  to 
the  first  day  of  April,  double  the  above 
rates  sh  ill  be  allowed,  and  for  ferriage 
in  the  night  time,  there  shall  be  al¬ 
lowed  double  the  rates  of  day  ferriage. 

Each  lessee  shall  keep  posted  up  in 
a  conspicuous  place  upon  each  of  his 
ferry  boats  a  copy  of  the  foregoing 
rules. 

Whenever  any  one  of  these  ferries 
is  not  under  lease  it  may  be  occupied 
by  the  lessee  of  any  other  ferry  un¬ 
der  regulations  prescribed  by  the 
Common  Council. 

Sec.  5.  Any  person  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall 
forfeit  the  sum  of  ten  ($10)  dollars  for 
each  offense. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

Auction  Sales  and  Junk  Dealers. 

Sec.  1.  All  auction  sales  within  the 
City  of  Ogdensburg  except  judicial 
saies  of  household  goods  are  hereby 
prohibited,  unless  a  license  in  writing 
is  obtained  from  the  treasurer  or  City 
Clerk. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  or  persons  shall 
engage  in  business  as  principal  or 
agent  upon  any  street,  lane,  alley  or 
other  place  within  the  City  of  Ogdens¬ 
burg  for  the  purpose  of  buying  or  sell¬ 
ings  any  rags,  old  iron,  zinc,  copper  or 
other  junk,  unless  a  license  in  writing 
to  engage  in  such  business  is  first  ob¬ 
tained  from  the  Mayor  or  the  City 
Clerk;  license  fee  to  be  fixed  by  the 
Common  Council. 

Sec.  3.  The  City  Clerk  shall  issue 
license  under  the  foregoing  sections  of 
this  chapter  upon  a  written  application 
of  the  licensee  and  upon  written  no¬ 
tice  that  the  license  fee  has  been  paid 
to  the  City  Treasurer. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  or  persons  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter  shall  be  liable  to  pay  a 
penalty  of  ten  ($10)  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offense. 


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CHAPTER  X. 

Of  Harbors. 

Sec  1.  The  shore  line  of  the  harbor 
of  the  City  of  Ogdensburg  shall  be  for 
the  first  and  that  part  of  the  third 
ward  lying  southerly  of  the  following 
described  line:  A  line  commencing  at 
the  iron  bridge  at  the  outer  edge  of 
the  wharf  in  the  highway,  and  run¬ 
ning  thence  northwesterly  to  the 
southerly  corner  of  the  Averell  dock; 
thence  northerly  and  easterly  on  a  reg¬ 
ular  curved  line  touching  the  most 
westerly  corner  of  the  Payne  dock  and 
a  point  in  the  river  in  the  range  of  the 
north  line  of  the  southerly  part  of  the 
Parish  Stone  Store  Dock  and  distant 
forty  feet  from  the  northerly  corner 
of  said  southerly  part  of  said  Parish 
Dock,  said  southerly  part  of  the  Parish 
Dock  being  the  part  which  extends 
furtherest  into  the  river;  thence  on  a 
line  northerly  five  feet  to  a  point  in  a 
range  of  the  south  line  of  the  ferry 
dock  distant  forty  feet  from  the  west¬ 
erly  corner  thereof;  thence  on  a  line 
curving  ten  feet  northerly  to  a  point  in 
the  easterly  line  of  Isabella  street  con¬ 
tinued  and  three  hundred  feet  from 
the  northerly  line  of  Water  street; 
thence  to  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
the  Parish  depot  dock;  thence  to  a  line 
curving  one  hundred  and  thirty  feet 
southerly  to  the  first  angle  in  the  face 
of  the  dock  of  the  Rutland  Railroad 
Company;  thence  along  the  face  of  the 
dock  to  the  second  angle  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  And  the  shore  line  for  the 
harbor  of  said  city  and  that  part  of  the 
second  ward  lying  next  westerly  of  the 
line  hereinafter  described,  shall  be  a 
line  commencing  at  the  iron  bridge 
at  a  point  in  a  line  with  the  front  of 
the  Parker  Stone  Warehouse,  running 
thence  to  the  northwesterly  corner  of 
the  Northrup  Dock;  thence  to  and 
along  the  front  of  the  Allen  Dock  and 
to  and  along  the  front  of  the  dock  of 
the  Rome,  Watertown  &  Ogdensburg 
Railroad  Company;  and  thence  to  a 
point  in  line  with  the  front  of  the 
light  house  and  distant  thirty  feet 
northerly  therefrom. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  who  shall  place 
any  wharf,  cribbing,  spile,  hulk  or  oth¬ 
er  obstruction  or  allow  the  same  to  re¬ 
main  in  the  channel  or  on  what  is 
known  as  the  bar  within  the  city  lim¬ 
its  outside  of  the  shore  line  described 
in  sections  1  and  2  of  this  chapter,  or 
in  the  river  at  the  foot  of  any  street. 


Shore  line  of 
harbor  in  first  and 
third  wards. 


Shore  line  of 
harbor  in  second 
ward. 


Penalty  for  placing 
obstruction  in 
channel. 


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Sawdust,  &c.,  not 
to  be  cast  into 
canal  or  river. 


Vessels  to  have 
yards  braced  up 
&c.,  while  in 
harbor. 


Penalty  for 
abandoning  sunken 
vessels  in  harbor. 


Steamers  to  have 
screens  on  smoke 
stack. 


Vessels  &c.,  not  to 
be  fastened  to 
bridges. 


or  in  any  slip  belonging  to  the  public 
without  authority  from  the  Common 
Council  shall  for  each  offense  forfeit 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  and  a 
like  sum  for  every  five  days  the  same 
shall  continue  after  written  notice 
from  the  Mayor  or  Chief  of  Police  to 
remove  the  same. 

Sec.  4.  No  person  shall  cast  or  de¬ 
posit  or  suffer  or  procure  to  be  cast 
or  deposited  in  the  Oswegatchie  river 
or  in  any  canal,  raceway  or  pond  lead¬ 
ing  into  said  river  in  this  city  any 
saw  dust,  shavings,  chips,  tanbark, 
earth  or  refuse  matter  from  any  saw 
mill,  machine  shop,  tannery  or  shop  or 
manufactory  of  any  kind  under  the 
penally  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  of¬ 
fense. 

Sec.  5.  All  vessels  while  lying  in 
the  harbor  of  Ogdensburg  shall  have 
their  anchors  (except  such  as  are  hold¬ 
ing  the  vessel)  kept  in  board  upon 
deck  and  their  yards  braced  up  so  as 
not  to  interfere  unnecessarily  with  the 
passage  of  other  vessels,  and  for  every 
failure  in  this  respect  the  owners  and 
officers  of  the  offending  vessel  shall 
forfeit  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars. 

3oc.  6.  No  person  shall  abandon  or 
suffer  to  remain  in  said  harbor  any 
sunken  vessel  of  which  he  is  the  owner 
or  master  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense,  and  the  further 
penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  day 
the  same  shall  be  suffered  to  remain, 
provided  that  if  immediately  after  the 
sinking  of  such  vessel  diligent  efforts 
are  made  to  remove  it  and  a  flag  kept 
on  it  by  day  and  a  white  light  by  night, 
no  forfeiture  will  be  incurred  so  long 
as  such  efforts  continue. 

Sec.  7.  All  steamboats  or  propel¬ 
lers  while  entering  or  leaving  the  har¬ 
bor  of  the  city  or  lying  in  any  of  the 
waters  of  the  city,  shall  have  a  metal¬ 
lic  wire  screen  or  gauze  attached  to 
the  smoke  stack  which  shall  always 
be  closed  when  within  two  hundred 
feet  of  any  dock  or  building  so  as  to 
prevent  the  escape  of  sparks,  under 
the  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars,  to 
be  paid  by  the  master  or  owner  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  8.  No  person  or  persons  shall 
moor  or  fasten  or  aid  in  mooring  and 
fastening  any  vessel,  raft  or  float  to 
either  of  the  bridges  across  the  Oswe¬ 
gatchie  river,  or  to  any  pier  or  abut¬ 
ment  thereof,  under  the  penalty  of 
twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  XI. 
Miscellaneous  Provisions. 


Sec.  1.  No  railroad  company  nor 
any  person  shall  direct,  cause  or  suffer 
any  engine  or  railroad  car  to  be  driv¬ 
en  or  propelled  upon  or  along  any 
street  of  the  city  at  a  greater  rate  of 
speed  than  four  miles  an  hour;  nor 
any  car  to  be  propelled  by  an  engine 
not  closely  attached  thereto,  except 
where  the  railroad  is  or  shall  be  car¬ 
ried  un  ler  or  over  tne  travelled  part 
of  such  street  so  that  the  engines  and 
cars  will  not  endanger  travellers  un¬ 
der  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each 
offense.  Nor  shall  they  nor  any  of 
them  in  crossing  any  street  permit  the 
speed  of  any  car  or  engine  to  exceed 
two  miles  an  hour;  nor  shall  they  oc¬ 
cupy  any  crossing  to  exceed  five  min¬ 
utes,  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for 
such  offense. 

Sec.  2.  No  railroad  company  or  any 
person  in  its  employ,  shall  use  or  oc¬ 
cupy  any  portion  of  any  street  for 
switching  on  or  switching  off  any  car 
or  cars,  under  the  penalty  of  fifty  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  3.  No  railroad  company  or 
any  person  in  its  employ,  shall  occupy 
any  portion  of  any  street  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  or  during  the  process  of  loading 
or  unloading  any  car  or  cars,  under 
the  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  of¬ 
fense. 

Sec.  4.  The  blowing  of  whistles  by 
engines  within  four  hundred  feet  of  the 
bridge  across  the  Rutland  railroad,  at 
the  end  of  Ford  street,  and  by  steam¬ 
ers  in  the  Oswegatchie  river  within 
five  hundred  feet  of  the  lower  bridge, 
and  on  the  R.,  W.  &  O.  railroad  north 
of  four  hundred  feet  south  of  Spring 
street  is  prohibited  under  a  penalty 
of  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Trolley  Ordinance.  Sec.  5.  (a.) 

That  no  company,  motorman,  con¬ 
ductor,  or  other  person  in  charge 
of  any  electric  car  or  cars  shall  run 
or  cause,  or  permit  or  suffer  to  be  run 
or  driven,  any  electric  car  or  cars  at 
a  greater  speed  than  eight  (8)  miles 
per  hour  in  any  of  the  public  streets 
of  the  City  of  Ogdensburg  west  of  Lin¬ 
den  street. 

(b.)  That  all  cars  must  not  cross 
any  street  west  of  Linden  street  at  a 
speed  of  more  than  four  (4)  miles  an 
hour. 


Running  of 
engines,  &c., 
regulated. 


Railway  company 
not  to  use  streets 
for  switching,  &c. 


Railroad  company 
not  to  occupy 
streets. 


Blowing  of  whistles 
prohibited. 


Trolley  ordinance. 


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Penalty  for 


Bicycle, 
motorcycle  and 
automobile 
ordinance. 


(c.)  No  cars  shall  be  allowed  to 
stop  on  or  over  a  crossing  or  in  front 
oi  any  intersecting  streets  except  to 
avoid  a  collision  or  to  prevent  damage 
or  injury  to  persons  or  property  in  the 
streets,  or  for  other  unavoidable  rea¬ 
sons. 

(d.)  When  it  is  necessary  to  stop 
at  the  intersection  of  any  streets  to  re¬ 
ceive  or  leave  passengers  the  car  shall 
be  stopped  so  as  to  leave  the  rear  plat¬ 
form  slightly  over  the  last  crossing. 

(e.)  Each  car  is  to  be  supplied 
with  a  gong  which  shall  be  sounded  by 
the  driver  when  the  car  approaches  to 
wiinm  fifty  feet  of  each  crossing. 

(f.)  Conductors  and  drivers  shall 
be  required  to  bring  the  cars  to  a  stop 
when  the  passengers  request  to  get  on 
and  off  the  cars. 

(g.)  All  cars  shall  be  required  to 
come  to  a  full  stop  before  crossing  any 
steam  railroad  tracks,  and  the  conduc¬ 
tor  shall  be  required  to  get  off  the 
car  and  go  ahead  to  the  said  tracks  to 
see  if  everything  is  all  right  to  cross, 
and  the  motorman  must  not  start  the 
car  until  the  conductor  gives  the 
word. 

Sec.  6.  Any  person  who  shall  vio¬ 
late  any  of  the  provisions  or  subdivi¬ 
sions  of  section  five  shall  be  sub¬ 
ject  to  a  fine  of  ten  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Bicycle,  Motor-cycle  and  Automobile 
Ordinance,  Sec.  7.  (a.)  No  person 
shall  ride  a  bicycle,  motor-cycle  or  au¬ 
tomobile  on  any  sidewalk  in  the  City 
of  Ogdensburg. 

(b.)  No  person  shall  ride  a  bicycle, 
motor-cycle  or  automobile  on  any 
street  of  Ogdensburg  west  of  the 
bridge  passing  over  the  Rutland  Rail¬ 
road  at  a  rate  of  speed  exceeding  eight 
nixies  an  hour. 

vc.)  No  person  shall  ride  a  bicycle, 
motor-cycle  or  automobile  on  any 
street  of  the  City  of  Ogdensburg  be¬ 
tween  twilight  and  daylight  the  follow¬ 
ing  morning  without  a  lighted  lantern 
attached  to  such  bicycle,  motor-cycle 
or  automobile  so  as  to  cast  its  light 
ahead. 

(d.)  Every  person  riding  a  bicycle, 
motor-cycle  or  automobile  on  any 
street  in  the  City  of  ogdensburg 
shall  upon  meeting  any  other  vehicle 
turn  to  the  right  side  of  the  street 
and  shall  otherwise  observe  the  law 
of  the  road  applicable  to  vehicles 
drawn  by  horses. 


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(e.)  No  person  shall  put  or  place  or 
cause  to  be  put  or  placed  in  or  upon 
any  lane,  street  or  alley  or  any  other 
public  place  in  the  City  of  Ogdensburg 
any  glass,  crockery,  scrap  iron,  nails, 
tacks  or  other  articles  which  would  be 
liable  to  injure  or  damage  the  tires  or 
wheels  of  any  bicycle  or  other  vehicles 
which  may  have  wheels  with  rubber  or 
pneumatic  tires. 

(f.)  For  the  purpose  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  the  term  “bicycle'’  shall  be  con¬ 
strued  to  mean  any  cycle,  unicycle  or 
tricycle  whose  wheel  or  wheels  or 
either  of  them  shall  exceed  twenty- 
four  inches  in  diameter. 

Sec.  8.  Any  person  who  shall  vio¬ 
late  any  of  the  provisions  of  section 
7,  including  any  subdivisions  thereof, 
shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  five  dolars  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  9.  No  person  or  persons  shall 
mar,  deface  or  injure  the  Town  Hall 
edifice  or  any  part  or  portion  thereof, 
inside  or  outside  of  the  same,  by  pen¬ 
cil,  chalk,  coal  or  any  other  mark,  cut 
or  scratch,  or  commit  any  other  nuis¬ 
ance  upon  said  building,  furniture,  fix¬ 
tures  or  grounds  connected  therewith 
under  the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for 
each  offense. 


CHANGE  WATER  PIPE  AND  FIX¬ 
TURES. 

Sec.  10.  No  plumber  or  other  person 
shall  make  an  extension  or  addition 
to  or  change  in  any  of  the  water  pipes 
or  fixtures  connected  with  or  leading 
to  the  water  mains  of  this  city  without 
a  written  permit  from  the  Superinten¬ 
dent  of  the  Water  Works  or  the  Board 
of  Water  Commisisoners,  under  a  pen¬ 
alty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  11.  No  person  shall  destroy  or 
injure,  or  deface  any  fence  or  any  lock 
or  fastening  thereof  in  or  around  any 
public  park  in  this  city,  nor  remove 
from  or  disturb  therein  any  grass,  sod, 
shrub,  tree,  flower,  floral  plant,  or  any 
vase,  pot  or  vessel  whatsoever,  under 
a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  of¬ 
fense. 

Sec.  12.  No  person  shall  destroy,  in¬ 
jure  or  meddle  with  any  water  pipes, 
water  fixtures  or  any  article  or  con¬ 
struction  to  accommodate  or  regulate 
the  flow  of  water,  now  in,  or  that  may 
hereafter  be  placed  in  any  of  said 


Penalty  for 


Injury  to  town 
hall. 


Change  water 
pipe  and  fixtures. 


Injury  to 
property  in 
public  parks. 


Injury  to  water 
pipes. 


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Injury  to 
fountain. 


Injury  to 
statuary. 


Injury  to  birds, 
&c. 


Penalties  to  be 
recovered  in  the 
name  of  the  city. 


General  penalties. 


parks,  under  the  penalty  of  five  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  shall  deface  or 
injure,  or  meddle  with  any  fountain, 
fountain  basin  or  the  connections 
thereof  in  or  that  may  be  placed  in 
any  of  said  parks,  or  obstruct  or  med¬ 
dle  with  the  flow  of  water  to  or  from 
any  said  fountains  or  parks  or  place 
or  deposit  without  the  consent  of  the 
Park  Commissioners  in  any  of  said 
fountain  basins,  or  parks,  anything, 
matter  or  substance  whatsoever,  under 
the  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  of¬ 
fense. 

Sec.  14.  No  person  shall  injure,  de¬ 
face  or  remove  any  statuary,  statuette, 
sofa,  chair  or  seat  of  any  description 
or  any  park  furniture,  in,  or  that  may 
be  placed  in  any  of  said  parks,  under 
a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  of¬ 
fense. 

Sec.  15.  No  person  shall  kill,  injure, 
disturb  or  molest  any  squirrel,  bird  or 
wild  animal  that  may  at  any  time  be 
nesting  in,  frequenting,  or  found  in 
any  of  the  parks  or  public  streets  of 
the  City  of  Ogdensburg,  under  a  pen¬ 
alty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  16.  All  penalties  prescribed  in 
the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Ogdens¬ 
burg  passed,  or  which  may  hereafter 
be  passed,  shall  be  sued  for  and  recov¬ 
ered  by  and  in  the  name  of  the  City  of 
Ogdensburg  and  for  its  use. 

Sec.  17.  Any  person  violating  any 
ordinance  of  the  City  of  Ogdensburg 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  ten 
dollars  for  each  offense,  unless  the 
penalty  is  otherwise  prescribed  in  the 
ordinance  violated. 

Sec.  18.  All  existing  ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Ogdensburg  are  hereby  re¬ 
pealed  on  the  legal  adoption  of  the 
foregoing. 

Dated  April  13th,  1904. 

D.  J.  CRICHTON,  JR., 


City  Clerk. 


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